5 Terrifying facts about public execution

A public execution is a form of capital punishment which "members of the general public may voluntarily attend." This definition excludes the presence of a small number of witnesses randomly selected to assure executive accountability. n Europe and in the northern U.S., the 19th and early 20th centuries saw a shift away from the spectacle of public corporal punishment and toward administration of punishment via the deprivation of liberty. These are the five dangerous facts about public execution.